EVERYTHING can change in a New York minute, so the song goes, but Ziggy Gordon believes that notion also applies to the rather less romanticised world of the Scottish Premiership.

For the Hamilton defender, the beauty of the league lies in the platform it provides for players from the less glamorous clubs when they come up against the giants in this little pond of ours, with whole careers being launched on the back of a moment of glory produced against the odds.

And as he gears up to face Celtic in Glasgow this afternoon, he is hoping that opportunity will come knocking for one of his team-mates.

“The great thing about this league and the big teams we play against, is that anyone can make a name for themselves within one minute,” Gordon said. “Especially when you go to Ibrox or Parkhead, you can make a career for yourselves within one game.

“That is invaluable, so it is up to every player who walks out on to that pitch on Sunday to make the best account of themselves. Anything is possible in terms of an individual performance, a goal, or even a result.”

One man who benefited greatly from just such a moment was Gordon’s former team-mate Ali Crawford, who scored a famous winner for Hamilton at Celtic Park in 2014 and is now plying his trade down in England with Doncaster.

But Gordon admits that fortune was very much on the midfielder and Hamilton’s side as they got a result that shocked the country.

“I remember that day fondly, but to be fair, the fact is that Celtic missed a boatload of chances and we were very fortunate on the day,” he said. “Don’t get me wrong, we played well. We had to score, which is not easy to do at Parkhead, but they missed loads of chances and we carried a whole lot of luck.

“It will be the same again on Sunday. We’re going to have to carry a lot of luck. We’re very positive and optimistic though. We’ll be going there with our chins held high and our chests puffed out, and we’ll be ready for the game.

“You have to forget about the stadium, the fans, the quality of the opposition. We’re just looking for good individual performances, then we’ll have a good team performance. We have to do the little things well, and then hopefully we’ll carry a little bit of luck and get what we deserve.

“We’ll go to Celtic Park as massive underdogs and the score will take care of itself. I’m not interested in the score, I don’t think any of the boys or the management team are interested in the score, we’re just looking at little things we can do better from previous weeks.

“If we can do that, then we can only come away from Parkhead happy.”

In saying all that, Gordon does admit the prospect of pulling off another shock like the one he was a part of four years ago excites him, even if he doesn’t sense any particular advantage in facing Celtic at a time of relative flux for the champions.

“I wish I could say it is a good time to get them, but they will be like a wounded animal,” he said. “You don’t want to be that team they take advantage of, because the worst thing you can do is play Celtic when they’ve come off of what may have been a poor result.

“You know what they are like, they are ruthless and they will want to prove to their fans and their manager that they are worth their salt and they can play in that team.

“They have a massive week after that with the Europa League and then Rangers, but we’ll do our best to make it a difficult game for them.”

As for Gordon himself, he is loving life back at Hamilton after his sojourns to Partick Thistle, and then further afield to Polish side Jagiellonia Bia?ystok. And he thinks Hamilton will be the main beneficiaries of his experiences, particularly abroad, as he is returning a better player than the one who left in 2016.

“I spoke to the manager not long ago and for sure, him and Guillaume Beuzelin are happy with the improvements I have made to my game,” he said. “They saw straight away that I was a more well-rounded player, and I want to prove that because words are cheap.

“I’ve played every minute so far and I’ve been particularly happy with my performances. It’s not been like old times, it’s been different, but in a positive way.

“I believed that my time was up when I left, and I feel it was still the right decision. The timing was right, but the timing is now right for me to come back.

“The circumstances might not have been football-related, but I was delighted that Martin Canning wanted me to be part of his plans again.”